Edited by: Martin H. Greenberg.

Contents:

• Introduction · Edward D. Hoch · in
• Breakfast Television by Robert Barnard · ss EQMM Jan ’87
• Keller’s Therapy [John Keller] by Lawrence Block · nv Playboy May ’93
• Spasmo by Liza Cody · ss A Classic English Crime, ed. Tim Heald, Pavilion, 1990
• Old Friends by Dorothy Salisbury Davis · ss EQMM Sep ’75
• Graffiti by Stanley Ellin · ss EQMM Mar ’83
• Mefisto in Onyx [expanded from Omni Oct ’93] by Harlan Ellison · na Mark V. Ziesing, 1993
• There Are No Snakes in Ireland by Frederick Forsyth · nv No Comebacks, 1982; EQMM Jan ’84
• Scrimshaw by Brian Garfield · ss EQMM Dec 17 ’79
• Prisoners by Ed Gorman · ss New Crimes, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: Robinson, 1989
• McIntyre’s Donald by Joseph Hansen · ss Bohannon’s Country, New York: Viking, 1993
• The Most Dangerous Man Alive [Captain Leopold] by Edward D. Hoch · nv EQMM May 5 ’80
• Nine Sons by Wendy Hornsby · ss Sisters in Crime 4, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1991
• Challenge the Widow-Maker by Clark Howard · nv EQMM Aug ’90
• The Last Spin by Evan Hunter · ss Manhunt Sep ’56
• Moment of Power by P. D. James · ss, 1967; EQMM Jul ’68
• One Hit Wonder by Gabrielle Kraft · ss Sisters in Crime 5, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1992
• The Reluctant Detective by Michael Z. Lewin · ss The Eyes Have It, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984
• Ride the Lightning [Al Nudger] by John Lutz · ss AHMM Jan ’85
• Do with Me What You Will by Joyce Carol Oates · ss Playboy Jun ’73
• Incident in a Neighborhood Tavern [Nameless private eye] by Bill Pronzini · ss An Eye for Justice, ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1988
• The New Girl Friend by Ruth Rendell · ss EQMM Aug ’83
• Mary, Mary, Shut the Door by Benjamin M. Schutz · nv Deadly Allies, ed. Robert J. Randisi & Marilyn Wallace, Doubleday Perfect Crime, 1992
• The Imperial Icehouse by Paul Theroux · ss Atlantic Monthly Apr ’79
• Too Many Crooks [John Dortmunder] by Donald E. Westlake · ss Playboy Aug ’89
• Acknowledgments · Misc. Material · ms